Chapter 3 of Vera is here in full — 430 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter III
Chapter 3 of Vera is here in full — 430 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
CZARE. Father! have mercy on the people. Give them what they ask. PRINCE PAUL. And begin, Sire, with your own head; they have a particular liking for that.
Chapter 3 of Vera is here in full — 430 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/86 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “Give them what they ask.”
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading “And begin, Sire, with your own head; they have a particular liking for that.”
a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment
From this reading “And begin, Sire, with your own head; they have a particular liking for that.”
leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice
From this reading “Father! have mercy on the people.”
unique or specific to a person or thing or category
From this reading “And begin, Sire, with your own head; they have a particular liking for that.”
United States feminist (1885-1977)
From this reading “PRINCE PAUL.”
a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)
From this reading “PRINCE PAUL.”
make (offspring) by reproduction
From this reading “And begin, Sire, with your own head; they have a particular liking for that.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading And begin, Sire, with your own head; they have a particular liking for that.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And begin, Sire, with your own head; they have a particular liking for that.
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading Give them what they ask.
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading And begin, Sire, with your own head; they have a particular liking for that.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CZARE.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading Father! have mercy on the people.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading And begin, Sire, with your own head; they have a particular liking for that.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Give them what they ask.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Father! have mercy on the people.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading And begin, Sire, with your own head; they have a particular liking for that.
a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment
From this reading And begin, Sire, with your own head; they have a particular liking for that.
leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice
From this reading Father! have mercy on the people.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Father! have mercy on the people.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading And begin, Sire, with your own head; they have a particular liking for that.
unique or specific to a person or thing or category
From this reading And begin, Sire, with your own head; they have a particular liking for that.
United States feminist (1885-1977)
From this reading PRINCE PAUL.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading Father! have mercy on the people.
a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)
From this reading PRINCE PAUL.
make (offspring) by reproduction
From this reading And begin, Sire, with your own head; they have a particular liking for that.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And begin, Sire, with your own head; they have a particular liking for that.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Father! have mercy on the people.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Give them what they ask.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Give them what they ask.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Give them what they ask.
in the company of; together with
From this reading And begin, Sire, with your own head; they have a particular liking for that.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading And begin, Sire, with your own head; they have a particular liking for that.
Chapter 3 of Vera by Oscar Wilde holds 430 sentences, grouped into 86 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
Chapter 3 holds 430 sentences of Vera, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of Vera by Oscar Wilde exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 430 sentences, grouped into 86 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 86 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 86 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 3 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
Common questions about reading Vera by Oscar Wilde on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 1739 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #26494 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
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About 144 minutes of reading across 348 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Vera section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 4 chapters of Vera to begin.
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in Vera, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
